Dream in colour, create in fabric, thread, yarn, words, whatever you have to hand
Some sheep decorations adorned with holly can only mean one of two things… A. It’s Christmas/Yule/Midwinter or B. It’s time to visit Fiona at Celtic thistle Stitches for the HO, HO, HO linky party… Mercifully, it’s B! I wanted to do something with the ends of the scarf I used to upcycle the log basket in […]
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Welcome to Wool on Sundays 39! Did you have a yarnful week? The only thing I’ve managed to accomplish with a woolly element, this week, has involved upcycling an old scarf which I had, accidentally, slightly felted – and I’m sorry to say that I don’t even have a ‘before’ picture of the scarf! […]
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an old eiderdown… a trunk… folded to fit… a canvas remnant… Not the most exciting sewing ever, but somewhere to sit and stitch or knit or crochet. And it’s sewn and it’s finished and it’s Friday so I’m linking up with TGIFF. Happy Weekend! Janine @ Rainbow Hare
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I’ve finished the quilty project I mentioned earlier in the week so I’m linking up with TGIFF for the first time in ages. This is part of my sewing room makeover and is my January attempt to use up what I’ve got and upcycle. For quite a while, I’ve been begging and borrowing (I haven’t […]
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Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Grew worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday. That was the end, Of Solomon Grundy. From reading a LOT of Quilting Blogs over the past two and a half years I get the impression that, had Solomon […]
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To help me get back on track after a rather sewingless month I resolved I’d have a Friday Finish this week even if it’s only a pin cushion! So this week a pin cushion from what I call scraps, although I know some people call these little bits crumbs and some people would throw them […]
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Thoughts are like butterflies. They appear out of nowhere and most of them should probably be left to pass by. But when I thought about having a piano (which I don’t really want) in my sewing room and not having a design wall (which I would like) and about having some random pieces of curtain […]
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jelly roll strips I spent my formative years standing on a table with my mother (who I should probably mention at this point was a tailor) sticking pins into me! And I learnt two things. One was to stand still. The other was to think of fabric like gold dust. We always had a scrap […]
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(There are tutorials for these very quick and easy calico bags and hanging stars at the end of this post) Welcome to Rainbow Hare Quilts for my day on the Thursday Think Tank Holiday Hop! In case you’ve missed any of the hop posts so far, here is the schedule: 1. November 1 – Making […]
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